The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-25

uenSeu Iorm' usually our barley is N,
magnificent appearance, and proho oJ To
fifty Carloads of fine quality nc OaoaSi
main here awaiting a market phtoSl
strange TO say, 1t IS difficult for nc -
fad In 1885 our brewing bsrIev ~
exported IN great quantities to Sajnt
Louis, M ITaukee, California and 0tha,5
p ints, where 1t invariably graded a9-
fully up to the best Ceundian prewi. 49'
Il IS The use OF this barley that piVpsj
Utah or so high q standard. In6aoJ
our white 10 brawlng bsr ev VIII hold
us own auN here, AS a r!ctGv fono,-
D oduct. SOme $40 carloads Of bsrleTS
chiefly brewing, were shipped last vasr
/ went from the nose barley Gi riot al
/ Spa 81 Fork Tbs years crpn Is not
lie = than COO coo bushels.
/ Rge.- here are few cars of rye m
! nlaly .ctfe Q here at figures rappi0.
: over cent sr pound. The quality I.
! superb d the yield fair.
rosB-Utah does not pose IS a corn
country, but it must not be SUPPOSED
that we Can t raise corn all over thu
T Territory. as 100000 bushels are annu-
ally . oducet.
Latcer7s. In the improvement OF or,
Ian Is, there remains untitled an,,
scarcely priced, a considerable srea
of r0Rgh ground, too dry fDr
gras and too broken Guu stony f.,
grain l. is what is LET'S after rhe
natural selection by farmers OF the
Che Cest acts, and is looked upon bv
5u eric observers as not being arab Z
LAID. A sp@lsi providence seems &c
have resP yed this for the cultivation cf
lucsrn et-eu called alfaifs, which Tire
farming 5eoPle Of Utan have Ii .-lsi &
iOok up IS one Of toe greatest tl3ss
1ngs th h-s yet been VUUCbs9fel taeu
The 81 z crops come from lanes thu
canuC =5l be proved because Of thelE
rouEj -l-r2CgeI. Excellent result
have oenl. he6 by merely clearing OF
the Fash and casting the seed over the
gro ID. It takes longer to get a coed
sta tAis way, and irrigation is noTe
di r2lt than if the ground we're stirred
uT cJt - thriVes better in the enc
L. n viii do better even sn ground
that's 60 steep for q moving machine.
II only sufficient water can be got on Is
to give II start To ,aise hay on such
rough, % XIV so !, il Es customary tc
seed twenty or even twenty-five pouulsS
to he acre. but for he raising of la
c'rp Tor it7 seed, not OY-r five pounds
S ould be soWn
There is an average crop OF alfalfa and
otuer hsys this year, with rather more
b 10 average demand. There are prob
aotr 51,OUO tons surplus for exgurt the
total quantity raised being about SOC, O0a
tons.
LatcerB seed, Utah is, ar excellence,
the country for lucern seed. and some
500 tons are exported at Drices varying
from. 70 o -
dry sand hills they cut good crop of
lucrrn hay IN June, as the result of
winter moisture; then in the DRY SUM
mef, lesser crop matures. which is
harvested for seed, and bang more
sparsely grown than if irrigated, il is
better Tor hat purpose. A good aver
age yield OF seed would b. 600 pounds
10 the acre from such lands. Vast
cas- of iuCern lands are now under
cultivation IN Utah. chiefly along the
benches on the western base Of the Wa
satch. NotN outstanding the emo NOUS
yield, both hay and seed find q ready
market, at good pric
We raise sore red and white clover
seed. bat have little left beyond our
own nerds, for export.
A summary of the foregoing shows
the total of our grain and hay products
t. be, for the year, So 419 000.
VEGETABLES AND OTHER GARDEN PRopuCys.
Potatoes The Utah potato has a
reputetion for excellence al, over
America, and even in Great Britain.
Other ciimes have tried In vain to
match our produce, cut the at
tempt seems futile. For many wears
great quantities have been exported
from this Territory, and 1t iouks as If
we shall continue TO do so for all time
to come. The export for this wear will
probably reach y GO COZ puun is; last
yea: it Was 100000 pounds. The
qualities this year are fully 10 to oar
best standard, and the yield steadily
increasing
Other r0ots-Utsh has also q fine rep
utatlon for carrots, which sometimes
yield, OF good quality, as much as
1000 bushels to the acre; also tor to-
matoes, onions, tuTnips, parsnips, rad
ishes, etc. Beets thrive astcnisbinglv
well, and far-seeing men foreteil that
one day the large tracts o. low-lving
but now unWateEed lands on the west
ern side of the Salt Lake Valley and
elsewhere will be under cu,tivation to
the sugar beet for the manufacture Of
sugar.
Green stuf8-Of green stuff, we an
nualiy export large quantities of cab
page, caulifower. melons, squashes.
and celery, the latter growing excep-
tionally fine.
Hops are also native to Utah. its
trailing vines literally overrunning
every other kind If foliage in many Of
our canyons. The picking of wild hops
has yielded considerable in pmoney to
the country. people, and nature could
not tell in palmer words that his is pre-
eminently a region favorable 10 their
cuitiys ton. One or two parties, nota-
bly, on the Provo Bench. have needed
this suggestion. and several bop-gar-
dens OF wide extent have there pro4
duced many tons of very choice q aaI-
ity.
The netsvalue of these garden pro-
ducts has been carefully estimated at
81 $50 900.
THE ORCHARDS OF UrAu.
The same causes which give excel
ience 10 the grains and vegetables Of
Utah also stamp her orchard products